Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-09-03
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NEW YORK HoTEIs AND ROYAL INTERPRETATIONS
WHO PAY PRINCELY SUNS FOR ENTERTAINMENT
THE LITTLE TAVERN on JEROME AvESUE-PoIIT.
ICAL TALK ABOUT NOTES.-THE NAN WITH ONE FACT
Special Correspondence of The EVENING STAR
NEW YORK, Sept. 2.
The hotels OF View York have never entertained
SO many representatives or royalty and nobility In
one year as they have during period dating from
March of this year To the present time. queen
KapioIani and her retiuue, the Prince OF Slam and
his following a rich Indian Prince and the Duke
OF Marlborough have been some OF the titled
guests. No nrst-clas5 New York hotel has d
monopoly OF the patronage OF nobility and royalty.
although all are eager 70 get them, for they are a
great advertisement. A house on lower Filth
avenue, OF modest appearance b 1t eminently select
tOIts guests had the Indian Prince and the Duke
OF Marlborough among its guests 1t is not an ex-
penSive hotel but IL has and keeps run on
royalty, and especially on titled persons from
Great Britain and her provinces. An old hotel
man was asked how houses succeed nrStin getting
the Patronage OF wealthy and royal foreigners. lie
replied that it IS mainly due 10 the influence OF
their vaieis or servants The valet falls in with
TIE purser or captain OF the steamer ana makes
inquiries as TO the best hotel. The captain has
his Iav0rite list or hotels whose prOpretOrs have
not forgotten him, anG his royal passengers are
pretty sure 10 20 TO the house that he suggests.
RAILROAD conductors, too are very useful agents
for hotels, ana many a conductor while in New
YOr& gets his board Tree in consideration that ne
vii! send distinguished customers 10 the house.
But royal persOnageS are not the most prontaDie
guests or a house. Your English lord viii pay $40
"A day Tor the board OF himself and servants at
select hotel and think 1t extravaganza enough
The board BIN OF the prince OF sam and his Teti,
nue. while he was in New York did not exceed 800
day, and the queen OF the Sandwich Islands
lived on much less than that, TACT which may
have been due TO the somewhat Impoverished
condition OF the treasury OF the Kingdom.
PATRONS WHO PAY WELL
The big hotel bills paid in New York are from
the pockets or foreigners less high In rank than
princes or dukes, or from Americans, who. after
all, are the best patrons Sarah Bernhardt, when
In New York. stops at hotel whose De5t rooms
cost $50 each day. She gets suite for herself
and apartments for her attendants ana the me
nageTie OF animals that she has with her. The
entire cost OF the lodgings is about SO day,
and OF her meals from the hotel cafe about so she
Is not dTinker OF much expensive wine: Pattl
choice wine. pay more for their meals and less
Tor their apartments. prince OF hotel patrons,
however, was De LeoSeps. tie and his family
and servants paid, at i WeA-knOwn uptown
house, the pTinceiy SUM $500 a week. They had
their own COOK IN the Kitchen and several attend
ants, and nVco ON TIE very top shell. An OBJ
scuTe Spanish count, OF not very great wealth or
fame was at tie saline hOIei prior to the coming OF
De IessepS and although unknown 10 lame on this
side OF the water he won distinction the banner
hotel customer by paying the prlncely sum OF
$500 pr Week for his entertainment. When
james McHenry, the one-tIme railroad magnate,
IN the zenith OF his financial power he was one
OF the most profitable customers of New York
hotels. lie ldt MS NtLet anu agent
with him. Nothing but the best suite OF rooms IN
Il house Would AIS Ner his purpose, and although a
light eater he WAS not spar1ng as To the table.
When the Grand Duke Alexis VISITED this country
he spent money very freely at the hotel where he
stopped, and his Jdste for Russian dishes nearly
drove the chef wild He demanded cheese and
whisky As an appetizer in the morning; his tea
Wa, brewed IN a saInOvir, according TO the Russian
rule and nothing but the choicest OF champagne,
OF NhIcn Russians always get the best Would suit
his TASTE.
ENTERTAINING BRIDAL COUPLES
However The best all-the- year-round guests are
the Americans, and especially those from the
West and the most profitable OF these the peo-
pie their wedding tour. One hotel ON upper
Broadway makes quite Il feature of entertaining
the latter class. IL has bridal chambers that rent
fJr 50 a day, and good meal IL its cafe viii cost
the couple about SIC. Another house, farther up
tOH II, makes i speciality OF Catering To people who
desire 10 be truly select and especially 10 elderly
ladies uf wealth VINO desire to keep their daugh-
tiers In the choicest social atmosphere of hotel life
that money Will buy. The mouse was owned by a
man who recently gave IL 10 his daughter as her
wedding portion. an! she draws the handsome in
come OF 5000 q month from II. Even at this
enormous, rent al the landlord, who died the other
day, made million dollars out OF the place. His
hobby was TO keep the house select. There was
a weil-cOnducted bar in an obscure part of the
hotel, but one evening some young men ia the
saloon raised their voices above the decoIous key
that the rule OF the hotel, and the landlord at
once closed and abolished the bar. There Is, per-
hape no other city IN the world where IL would he
possible for ii hotel. running at such great ex-
pense, 10 make money without a bar.
II is pretty hard 10 find hotel in New York that
isn't making money A landlord OF one OF the
latest and most expensive houses built in New
York died the other day worth Il fortune. The
proprietor OF the house spent more than million
dollars in It's construction, but IL proved so prOnt-
able from the start that IL has given him no care
beyond receiving the rent when II Is brought to
him Indeed, II is said that lie has never been in
side or It.
AN OLD TAVERN WITH HIGH PRICES.
But all the New York places that entertain roy
atty cannot boast Of having within their walls at
one time representatives OF such immense wealth
as are sometimes found OF pleasant afternoon at
hOmely little inn IN the outskirts OF the city at
the head OF jerome avenue A stranger would
PASS IL by TOO humble Tor notice. IL LOOKS like
Oid-time tavern with succeed walls; its CELL
in-s are low and It's uncovered floors are worn.
PdtrOlIZe the place and You Will be surprised 10
ind that It's charges are equal 10 those OF any
first-cl.sS hotel In New York It's cuisine, t0o Is
good as any 20 be found In the metropolis.
There Is an air about the place OF I'VE don't need
your patronage. but II you are willing 10 pay the
price we Will entertain YOU IL Is at this house
that the Vdnderb1lJS ana the millionaire read
TldrrS have stopped ever since old Commodore H.
derbiIt began patrOniZing 1t. William ii. VaR..eT-
Bit was especially fond OF IL and he Used To tiler
abOu, him there his friends and drop into CONVEX
satlOa as he was seldom heard 10 do anywhere
else. IL was no uncommon thing 10 see represent
atiyeS OF 500, 900, 600 gathered there time.
AMOS j. CUMMINGS.
III.
POLITICS IN NEW YORK.